527 The Importance of Newspapers

The camel shrugged, "I asked someone, and the little brother who parked the valet in some venues was afraid that the guests would see a taxi waiting outside the venue, and they would reduce the number of times they drove when they went to the venue to drink in the future."

lest you get drunk and have to drive home by yourself.

Only then did he drive away the taxi of Chu Sheng's company several times. It's just that Chu Sheng wasn't on Hong Kong Island before, and I thought of not causing trouble for Chu Sheng, so I kept pressing and didn't find anyone to fight. ”

After hearing this, Deng Fei shook his head helplessly.

This reason sounds strange, but if you think about it, at least half of the income of those valet parking brothers depends on the tips of guests.

And in case someone gets drunk, the little brother who valet the parking lot will often help the guest drive the person back.

You can earn three or five yuan every time, and ten or eight times a month, which is a few dozen yuan.

If fewer people drive to bars, it will really affect their income.

Deng Fei nodded hurriedly, and Chu Xiangqian continued, "Also, I plan to lobby the Secretary for Administration to build a special taxi stand for fast boarding of taxis outside the two piers between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island."

In the future, people who travel between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island will see a neat line of taxis as soon as they get out of the pier.

In addition, in addition to the larger hotels, guests can also call the taxi company and make a reservation in advance if they need it in the future.

After the three measures are implemented, the monthly turnover of each taxi should be able to increase by three to five percent. ”

Deng Fei shook his head, "Chu Sheng, if a special taxi stand is set up on the dock, and you stare at the dock to find guests during the rush hour every day, business will never be bad." ”

The camel immediately frowned slightly, and quickly reacted that there were many office workers on Xianggang Island, working in high-end office buildings in Sheung Wan, Central, and Admiralty, but living in Kowloon.

If you wake up a little late, there are many people waiting for the ferry every morning, and many people will take a taxi to avoid being late for work when they arrive at the Central Pier from the Kowloon Ferry Pier.

The reverse is also true, but there are many fewer people who live in Xianggang Island but work in Kowloon.

In this regard, Deng Fei took advantage, and although the camel was unhappy, he was also a little helpless.

But this guy is not stupid, there are also a lot of guests at the airport, otherwise, it would not only be a loss of 20,000 yuan a month.

It's just that there are very few drivers who can speak foreign languages, and the poor communication leads to at least three or four percent of tourists simply taking buses.

The remaining two or three percent of tourists have already booked hotels before they come to Hong Kong Island.

There is a special car from the hotel to pick up, and even the small van that has not obtained the right to operate it does private work, and it has also robbed many guests.

Although the camel wanted to drive away all the bread, he was worried that he would find someone to fight with someone, and he would be scolded when Chu Xiangqian came back, so he endured it.

And the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier is not without advantages, just the bar street can attract a lot of people.

As long as you attract people to have dinner and drink, not only will the business on the bar street be much better, but some of the people who drink should take a taxi home.

Then you need to get rid of the rickshaw drivers and minivans.

But in this way, there will inevitably be disputes, and maybe there will be fights.

After listening to this, Chu Xiangqian picked up the phone with a smile on the corner of his mouth and called He Yisheng of Oriental Daily, asking him if there have been many cases of robbing customers in rickshaws in recent years, as well as cases of stealing customers in black cars.

Or, whether there is a case of blackmail and robbery of customers this year?

Normally, black car drivers are indispensable for ripping off customers.

In the future, taxi drivers will be virtuous.

And the coachmen are all at the bottom, let alone robbing customers, and they will not fight back when they are scolded by customers.

Once there is such a case, let the newspaper report it loudly, many women will definitely prefer to be a taxi in the future than a rickshaw and a black car that has not obtained the right to operate.

Zhang Tianzhi on the side changed his face after hearing this, he used to pull rickshaws.

Although the boss did not frame the driver, it would indeed affect the livelihood of many people.

It's just that the boss didn't let Camel and Deng Fei deliberately find someone to act to frame the coachman, but asked the newspaper to check if the driver had committed a crime, Zhang Tianzhi had the heart to speak up for the driver, and felt that he had no reason to persuade the boss.

This is a typical example of one person committing a crime and affecting the entire industry.

Sure enough, although most of the rickshaw drivers are ordinary people who eat with their mouths, there is always a mouse dropping.

The closest case is that last month, a driver who escaped from Yue Nan injured a customer after a corner of his mouth.

In the case of a little farther away, when Renault was not in the position of Inspector Zonghua, there was a coachman and four small men who robbed the gold store together.

The other four fled at the scene, and the driver was unlucky.

In order to solve the case as soon as possible, in the police station, the driver first offered 3,000, and then increased it to 8,000, so that the driver could confess his accomplices.

And 8,000 has exceeded the money that 5 people can get by selling it to the black market after robbing gold, and after Yan Tong knew about it, he took the initiative to break the news to hit Renault's reputation and became widely known.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth and chatted with He Yisheng for a few minutes, and He Yisheng repeatedly assured that in the next three days, not only Oriental Daily would report the news in this regard.

I will also ask a few newspaper editors who are familiar with each other to help, and together they will ask the newspaper to regulate the rules of the rickshaw industry.

And this matter will inevitably gain the support of many forces.

The first one is definitely the two bus groups that specialise in Kowloon and the New Territories, and the two bus groups that specialise in Xianggang Island.

The second will be bicycle and motorcycle dealerships.

The third is some citizens who have suffered from rickshaw drivers and black car losses.

Together, the three may demand the banning of the industry.

If Chu Xiangqian is behind him, talk to the ghosts, and give some benefits, the ghosts may really make some moves.

But Chu Xiangqian didn't want to do so much, although Hong Kong Island did not have rickshaws in the future, but that was the development of society to a certain extent, buses and other means of transportation were popularized in large numbers, and the market spontaneously eliminated rickshaws.

But even in the new millennium, there are some rickshaws, concentrated at the Star Pier, dedicated to tourists to take pictures and experience.

Moreover, Hong Kong Island rickshaws are actually licensed, and they cannot be banned if they want to.

But as long as it is discussed in public opinion within a time limit, this industry will inevitably be more difficult to do than before, for sure.

As long as there is a buffer period, the eliminated rickshaw drivers can slowly flow to construction workers and other industries.

But Chu Xiangqian thought so, still from God's point of view, if the coachman's income decreased in a month or two, it would mean that the family's life would be more difficult.

To put it bluntly, he has now transitioned from an ordinary person to capital, and his mentality has changed.

Fortunately, he still pointed to the bottom line, and said to the camel and Deng Fei, "Listen clearly, don't go to the coachman for trouble, if I know that you are looking for someone to act and deliberately engage those rickshaw drivers, I will find you trouble."

As for the black car, that's whatever you want. ”

Those who can buy a minivan in these years cannot be poor. Chu Xiangqian naturally would not be soft-hearted towards them.

However, seriously, the Xianggang rickshaw was sold for 400 as early as the 40s.

By now, along with a license plate and a used car, it will also cost thousands.

To say that the coachman is poor and can't even eat, he must be lazy. Or if there are three or five children at home, it will be really difficult in those days.

Camel and Deng Fei's hearts tightened, and they thought that Chu Xiangqian wanted to make money and fame.

didn't know that Chu Xiangqian entered the taxi industry, and he fancy that there will be fewer and fewer license plates in the future.

Even in the 8s and 90s, when a car's license plate was worth millions of Hong Kong dollars, the taxi industry fell into a low-income industry.

The money that Hong Kong Island taxi drivers make is also hard-earned money, and it is just a little higher than the average salary every month.

The lion's head was still taken by the license plate owner and the taxi company.

Chu Xiangqian still remembers that there is a movie on Hong Kong Island in the 90s that there is a car owner who drives by himself, but he has 10 taxi licenses, and his net worth at that time exceeded 50 million.

The license plate is like a storefront, and after the rent is taken away, the profit will naturally be reduced by half.

When the economy is good, drivers earn more, and when the economy is bad, it is as difficult to do business as street restaurants.

The next day, several newspapers reported on the irregularities of rickshaws and black cars, which immediately aroused discussion in the whole society.

Before Chu Xiangqian took the second step, the bus company really jumped out and attacked the two industries of rickshaws and black cars.

What is not safe to ride in a black car, and those who ride rickshaws are poor.

There are news of drivers and drivers deliberately taking detours, robbing people, and robbing sex, which will appear in a large number of tabloids in the next few days.

Because the Oriental Daily is Chu Xiangqian, the treacherous guy of the Transportation Department has recently passed Hader, saying that he wants to invite him to dinner.

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian knew that it must be someone from the bus company, who took the opportunity to expand the bus route, and secretly sent a lot of money to the treacher.

Chu Xiangqian took the opportunity to propose that the construction of taxi waiting areas at the dock and airport was not troublesome, and it was the public that paid for it.

Unexpectedly, the people from Kowloon Bus and Chunghwa Bus took the initiative to come to the door, and Chu Xiangqian asked to know that the approval document on his side was successfully passed, but the increase in bus routes was stuck in the Transportation Department and the Chief Secretary for Administration.

The Transport Department also wants to expand the number of buses on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, but the Chief Secretary for Administration does not intend to hand them over.

Instead, it subdivides the new route and hands it over to a third party, which is intended to issue a third bus license.

Chu Xiangqian guessed that it was likely that Hader had bought a little bit of sweaty horses recently, and he was short of money.

Of course, most of the sweaty horses were given to Hader by Chu Xiangqian and Hader in exchange for benefits.

But Chu Xiangqian profits, Hader can't take money from other people, and even during the period of doing things for Chu Xiangqian, maybe he will have to spend money.

It's just that the value of sweat and blood horses is high enough that Hader is willing to do things for him.

Then Chu Xiangqian thought that Kowloon Bus and Chunghwa Bus felt that the expansion of the operation route would definitely be handed over to the two of them.

So the money given secretly made Hader and his treacherous people dissatisfied, so they took the opportunity to hint that a third license plate might be issued.

China Bus and KMB are naturally anxious, and their business has turned to monopoly to the limit, and these two companies have occupied a monopoly position from the beginning.

If a third bus company emerges, it is foreseeable that profits will be greatly reduced, and at the same time, it will also mean that the expansion opportunities of the two companies will be cut off in the next ten or eight years.

will look for Chu Xiangqian because Hader asks for a high price, and he is worried that three or five years later, he will use the third license plate to blackmail them again.

Only then did I think about it, just pull a person with enough strength to join the gang.

Chu Xiangqian was naturally eager to take a stake in these two companies, but the other party was only willing to give 5% of the shares, which also made Chu Xiangqian feel a little chicken.

If you want to control these two bus companies, you can't do it in this crisis.

Although a 5% stake is also profitable, the bus company only makes a few million dollars a year in these years, and 5% is only two or three hundred thousand.

This amount of money is not enough for Chu Xiangqian to use his connections to lobby Hader for these two companies.

Not to mention that there must be other treacherous behind Hader.

If the third license is really opened, the money earned by the trickster will be at least millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Hearing Chu Xiangqian's words, the people of the two companies shook their heads helplessly, saying that they wanted to go back and discuss with the board members.

It's a pity that the two companies didn't look for Chu Xiangqian, but now that they have found him, it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God.

Chu made a phone call to Bridge, the Jockey Club.

Let him meet up with the rest of the club at the racecourse in Yau Ma Tei.

Bridge guessed as soon as he heard it that it should be Chu Xiangqian's bloody horse with a champion appearance who had arrived in Hong Kong.

Chu Xiangqian drove to the horse farm by himself, and then drove a special trailer for transporting horses out of the house for a few circles, and made sure that no one was following him through the.

Only then did he pull 11 sweaty horses back to the racecourse.

Then he went out again, took the black sweat horse that had been upgraded to one level and added a little strength, and the other 9 sweat horses, and returned to the horse farm again.

The car entered the racecourse, and not only Hader, Nelson, Bridge, Geber, Lucas, Blair, Charles, Hahn, and Turner had already arrived at the racecourse.

Even the fat waves, blue steel, Lei Luo, and white rice fish who heard the news came.

And Linda is still working at the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, when Charles asked, Linda quietly said that she didn't know, and Charles immediately mistakenly thought that Linda didn't want to tell herself.

Then he asked Linda to go to the horse farm with him, and Linda naturally followed.

Chu Xiangqian looked at Linda, who was wearing a green police uniform, a white shirt, and the rank of inspector on her shoulder, and Alyssa, who was wearing a red windbreaker, and immediately wanted to pull the two sisters into his big office in the racecourse to teach them a lesson.

When everyone saw Chu get out of the car, they immediately surrounded him, but Alyssa ran the fastest, threw herself directly into his arms, hugged his neck, and said in a coquettish voice.

"Honey, I want a sweaty horse too."

Chu Xiangqian glanced at this chick, but since it was his own woman, it was nothing to send her and Linda two sweaty horses.

Usually the two sisters come over to ride horses or something, and they can also exercise.

Moreover, since the horses are kept in the horse farm, the two horses are nominally the sisters' own, but in fact, the ownership is still in the horse farm, that is, Chu Xiangqian's.

(End of chapter)